Sentence examples for experiencing famine from inspiring English sources

Four other areas in southern Somalia – two of them entire regions – are also experiencing famine conditions, the UN says.

Although famine conditions have eased since aid agencies increased their activities in Somalia, four million people still need food aid, with 250,000 experiencing famine.

The government has officially named Soroti as one of 17 districts in the north and east of Uganda now experiencing famine.

Uganda is experiencing famine and acute food shortages and the most vulnerable households are those headed by women, children or the elderly.

Kenya is not among the four countries experiencing famine or on the brink of catastrophe, largely because its government detected the drought early and has spent nearly £1m so far mitigating its impact.

Although this El Niño has not yet reached its peak, in past events of this magnitude, the decline in fish stocks led to many marine animals – including Galapagos penguins, marine iguanas, sea lions and seals – experiencing famine and dramatic population declines.

In Ivan Pyryev's 1949 Stalinist propaganda musical Cossacks of the Kuban, peasants were shown luxuriating in abundance while the USSR was still experiencing famines.

Epigenetic markers may likewise hinder normal development: the offspring of parents who experience famine are at heightened risk for developing schizophrenia, some research suggests — perhaps because of the chemical signatures on the genes that parents pass on.

You now have the sugar and fat that fended off starvation for your deep ancestors who often experienced famine.

A generation ago, many people still experienced famine, starvation and poverty.

When the land experienced famine, he removed to the Philistine land of Gerar where his father once lived.